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Bandidos National Sergeant At Arms Pleads Guilty To Federal Racketeering, Drug Trafficking And Extortion Charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov SAN ANTONIO, Texas - 32-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) … States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas; Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph …
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Several Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov McALLEN, Texas - A total of nine people are in custody following law … a drug trafficking organization operating throughout South Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, …
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Houston Man Guilty In Beaumont IH-10 Drug Trafficking

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to … drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston …
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Treasury Sanctions Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Action Targets Mexican Cocaine Trafficker, Abel Briones Ruiz, And His Support Network

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … border for sale in the United States, including in Texas and Tennessee.  On May 18, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed cocaine trafficking charges against Briones …
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DEA Announces Barrio Azteca Lieutenant Who Ordered Consulate Murders In Ciudad Juarez Sentenced To Life In Prison

… U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas, and FBI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. … District Judge Kathleen Cardone in the Western District of Texas.  In addition, Judge Cardone ordered Gallegos … of Prisons; the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service; the Texas Department of Public Safety; the Texas Department of …
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

… prescriptions, distributed prescription painkillers in Texas LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five … for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black market. Two other defendants …
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Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov MIDLAND, Texas – A Mexican national unlawfully residing in Texas was sentenced Thursday to life in federal prison for …
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Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… established that Christopher Perales, from the state of Texas, would regularly supply Crumpton in Mobile, Alabama, … a joint checking account at Woodforest National Bank in Texas in order for Crumpton to be able to pay Perales for … courier/driver who would transport the methamphetamine from Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana for Perales. Once in …
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40 Charged With Gun, Drug Crimes in Lubbock

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … keep the community safe, FBI’s Dallas Field Division, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and their federal, state, …
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Presidentially pardoned San Antonio man once again arrested on federal drug charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … on federal drug trafficking charges, including 41-year-old Texas Syndicate Lieutenant Hilario Nieto who previously … Houston Division; U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer ; and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven …
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Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Participating In Racketeering Conspiracy

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … District Judge Kathleen Cardone of the Western District of Texas for racketeering conspiracy; conspiracy to distribute … into a transnational criminal organization based in West Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and throughout state and federal …
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Jasper County Man Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas – A Jasper man has been charged with federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Texoma HIDTA’s Caprock Initiative Honored at National HIDTA Awards Ceremony

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … alarming rise in fentanyl overdoses in and around Lubbock, Texas. The Caprock Initiative has reached nearly 26,000 …
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – Two Texans have been sentenced for their roles in … of cocaine from the Laredo border to major cities in Texas, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and …
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Eleven Meth, Cocaine Traffickers Charged in Amarillo

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez.  “The Yellow Rose of Texas is safer today as we bring justice to those drug …
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Federal jury finds leader of Cartel Del Noreste guilty on all charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old … remained in federal custody since his arrest in Baytown, Texas, on September 28, 2016. He faces up to life in federal …
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Jake’s Fireworks Owner Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas – Two Jake’s Fireworks defendants, including the owner … drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Nine Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … in drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Carrizo Springs doctor and office manager arrested on federal drug, health care fraud and identity theft charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … doctor with multiple offices throughout the Southwest Texas border area and his office manager face federal … Glaspy, Houston Division; U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; and, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. A 20-count federal grand …
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Twelve Indicted For Alleged Drug Trafficking In Odessa Area

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … local authorities include: Herman Chavez, 23, of Odessa, Texas; Manuel Muro, 28, of Odessa; Saul Melendez, 20, of … to the arrests include: Osvelia Rodriguez, 51, of Pecos, Texas; Daisy Castor, 30, of Odessa; and, Jesus Astorga …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Muhammad Faridi, 41, of Murphy, was sentenced to 108 …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso man faces between ten years and life in … David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from August 2001 until …
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Operation Fallen Hero – Operation Bombardier

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … partners in crime who are operating on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border,” said Thomas Hinojosa, Acting Special … Saenz, Acting U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Texas. Participating in these joint operations were: ATF, …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

… indictments have been unsealed charging eight defendants in Texas, California, Arizona, and Alaska with conspiring to … two men - Omar Alejandro Alfaro and Jose Ramon Canales, of Texas, with conspiring to distribute approximately 12 … the indictment, the first sales which occurred in person in Texas, consisted of a total of six kilograms of heroin and …
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Heroin Trafficker From Rowlett Sentenced

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS - Brittany Anders, 32, of Rowlett, Texas was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. …
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Gregg County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Jefferson County Man Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas - A 25-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations …
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … compartment of Charre’s vehicle. Charre was travelling from Texas to Tulsa. The drugs had a value of at least $46,000. …
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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … back prescription drugs at 127 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma.   The NTBI was an all-day event.  A …
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Defendant Sentenced To Serve 30 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Conviction

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 (FORT WORTH, - Texas - A defendant who pleaded guilty this summer to an …